Trans Mech Systems Through Its Propritor Jalindar Pandurang Maghade vs Bhansali Agro Tech Advocate - Wagh Ranjit Bajirao — 1/2025

Summary The District Court of Baramati transferred the design piracy suit (Trans Mech Systems v. Bhansali Agro Tech) to the Bombay High Court under Section 22(4) of the Designs Act, 2000. The court held that once the defendant raised grounds under Section 19 of the Act challenging the validity of the plaintiff's five registered designs in its written statement and filed cancellation petitions before the Controller of Designs, the district court lost jurisdiction and was mandated to transfer the case. The court rejected the plaintiff's argument that it should examine the substantive merit of the defendant's invalidity claims before transferring. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.